First detection of feline hemoplasmas in free-ranging jaguars (Panthera onca).

Autor: Furtado MM; Jaguar Conservation Fund/ Instituto Onça-Pintada, Caixa Postal 193, 75830-000, Mineiros-GO, Brazil; Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, 05508-000, São Paulo-SP, Brazil. Electronic address: marianafurtado@jaguar.org.br., Taniwaki SA; Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, 05508-000, São Paulo-SP, Brazil., Metzger B; Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Parasitologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus de Botucatu, Distrito de Rubião Júnior, 18618-000, Botucatu-SP, Brazil., O'Dwyer LH; Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Parasitologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus de Botucatu, Distrito de Rubião Júnior, 18618-000, Botucatu-SP, Brazil., Paduan KDS; Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Parasitologia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus de Botucatu, Distrito de Rubião Júnior, 18618-000, Botucatu-SP, Brazil., Jácomo ATA; Jaguar Conservation Fund/ Instituto Onça-Pintada, Caixa Postal 193, 75830-000, Mineiros-GO, Brazil., Porfírio GEO; Jaguar Conservation Fund/ Instituto Onça-Pintada, Caixa Postal 193, 75830-000, Mineiros-GO, Brazil., Silveira L; Jaguar Conservation Fund/ Instituto Onça-Pintada, Caixa Postal 193, 75830-000, Mineiros-GO, Brazil., Sollmann R; Jaguar Conservation Fund/ Instituto Onça-Pintada, Caixa Postal 193, 75830-000, Mineiros-GO, Brazil., Tôrres NM; Jaguar Conservation Fund/ Instituto Onça-Pintada, Caixa Postal 193, 75830-000, Mineiros-GO, Brazil; Instituto de Biologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, R. Ceará, s/n, 38400-902, Uberlândia-MG, Brazil., Ferreira Neto JS; Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, 05508-000, São Paulo-SP, Brazil.
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Zdroj: Veterinary microbiology [Vet Microbiol] 2018 Feb; Vol. 214, pp. 75-80. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Dec 18.
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.12.009
Abstrakt: Species of hemoplasmas have been described worldwide, but little information is available for wild felids. Between February 2000 and January 2010, blood samples were collected from 30 jaguars (Panthera onca) and 22 domestic cats (Felis catus) from the Cerrado, Pantanal and Amazon biomes of Brazil. In all samples molecular tests were performed for Mycoplasma haemofelis/Mycoplasma haemocanis (Mhf/Mhc), 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' (CMhm) and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis' (CMt). Twenty-two (73.4%) jaguars and four domestic cats (18.2%) tested positive for infection with at least one feline hemoplasma: 73.4% jaguars from the three areas were positive for CMhm, 13.6% jaguars from the Pantanal and 50.0% from the Amazon were positive for Mhf/Mhc, and 9.1% of individuals from the Pantanal tested positive for CMt. Domestic cats from the Cerrado (28.6%) and the Pantanal (30.0%) were positive for feline hemoplasma. All but one jaguar from the three sites are healthy. One female adult jaguar showed low body weight and dehydration. This is the first record of feline hemoplasmas in free-ranging jaguars. The high prevalence of CMhm suggest the participation of jaguars in the maintenance of this hemoplasma in nature. Although susceptible to Mhf/Mhc and CMt, jaguars did not appear to participate in the maintenance of these agents in the environment. The involvement of domestic cats in the transmission of any of these hemoplasmas cannot be excluded.
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